Fence



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B. B. WILLIX. FENCE.

No. 605,570. Patented June 14, 1898.

' UNITED STATES I PATENT OFF/ICE.

ENOS B. WILLIX, OF MOUNT VERNON, IOWVAr EENCE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,570, dated June 14, 1898.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, ENos B. WILLIX, a citizen of the United States of America,and a resident of Mount Vernon, in the county of Linn and State'of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Fence, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved fence wherein strand-wires and stay-wires may be rigidly connected and auxiliary stays or supports attached to the strands intermediate of the ordinary stays, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which. V

Figure 1 is an elevation of a section of the completed fence, showing the ordinary and auxiliary stays attached thereto. Fig. 21s a detail of the bond, union, or connection between one of the ordinary stays and one of the strand-wires. Fig. 3 is a detail of the auxiliaryor supplemental stay. Fig. 4 is a detail of the bond or union between either end of the auxiliary stay and either of the marginal strand-wires. Fig. 5 is a detail of the central loop of the auxiliary stay. Fig. 6 is a detail of one of the tongues on the ordinary stay.

In the construction of the fence as shown I employ a plurality of strand*wires 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,- 15, and 16, preferably of smooth wire. I form a stay 21 of smooth wire, bent at right angles or offset at different points throughout its length to form tongues 22, the

angular or bentportions of the stay being lapped past each other to bring the side bars or members of the tongue in transverse parallel position, thus positioning the several straight portions of the. stays between the tongues in parallel planes successively throughout the length of the stay. The major portions of the side bars or members of the tongues 22 are in parallel positions, and

the extremities thereof are integral with each 5 otherand twisted to form an elongated loop 23, the axis of which 'loop is at right angles to the trend of the stay and at right angles to a plane tangential to the meeting points or points of contact of the side bars or members of the tongues.

The tongues 23 are spaced apart graduated Application filed October 21 1897- Serial No: 65 5 48. (No inodeL) distances corresponding with the spaces apart of the strand-wires.

The stay-wires are attached to the strandwires by bending or coiling the tongues 22 around the strand-wires and in rigid and continuous contact therewith, the loop portion of the tongues lying closely upon the strandwires, so that the axes of the loops 23 are diametrical of the strand-wires.

,The extremities of the stay-wires project beyond the marginal strand-wires 10 and 16 uniform'distances throughout the lengthof the fence.

Whereas the stay-wires are made of wire of comparatively smaller diameter, pressure applied to the top or bottom of the fence in the effort of animals to pass under or over the fence would flex, buckle, or bend the stay-wires, and to avoid this difficulty I provide auxiliary stays 24,which are constructed as follows: Each of the stays 24 comprises a single piece of rod or heavy wire of materially greater transverse strength than the stays 21, and circular eyes or loops 25 are formed in the centers of said stays 24, the body portions of the stays tangent to the loops being spaced apart, whereby the loops or eyes are so shaped and arranged as to embrace and engage one of the central strand-wires of the fence. The auxiliary stay 24 is located parallel with and in proximity to one of the stays 21 and the extremities thereof arebentor coiled upon the marginal strand-wires 10 and 16. The extremities of the adjacent stay 21 are then bent or coiled aboutthe extremities .of the stay 24 and the stay-wire below and abovethe marginal strand-wires 10 and 16, thereby securely binding the stays 24 to the stays 21 and to the marginal strands 10 and 16. Each stay 24 is mounted on thestrandwire by lateral movement relative thereto,

succeeded by a torsional movement of the stay without any flexure.

The stays 21 are spaced apart distances exceeding one linear foot and auxiliary stays are applied at distances of separation of about four linear feet, except where supporting-posts for the fence may occur.

I claim as my invention- 1. A fence comprising a series of strandwires, a series of auxiliary stays each formed of a single length of rod and provided with a central circular loop, the body portions of the stay tangent to the loop being spaced apart, and means for connecting the end portions of the stay to the strand-wires.

2. A fence comprising the following elements in combination, to wit, the strandwires; a plurality of ordinary stays, each of which comprises a single length of Wire offset at graduated distances of separation to form tongues 22, the side bars or members of the tongues being parallel throughout the major portions of their lengths and twisted at their extremities to form an elongated loop 23, the axis of which loop is at right angles to a plane tangential to the common points of contact of the side bars of the tongues, the portions of the sides between the tongues being overlapped at their ends and thereby positioned in parallel planes successively throughout the length of the stay; the end portions of the ordinary stays projecting beyond the outer strand-wires; auxiliary stays of less number than the ordinary stays and positioned parallel therewith; loops on the central portions of the auxiliary stays embracing one of the central strand-wires; loops on the ends of the auxiliary stays engaging the outer strand-wires; a means for connecting the auxiliary and ordinary stays, which means consists of bending the projecting end portions of the ordinary stays around the auxiliary stays and body portions of the ordinary stays,

as set forth.

3. As anewarticle of manufacture, a fencestay made of a sin gle length of rod and formed with a single central loop, the body portions of the stay tangent to the central circular loop being spaced apart, the extremities of the stay being wound about strand-wires.

4. In a fence the combination of the strandwires parallel with each other, auxiliary stays each formed with a central loop arranged and so shaped as to engage one of the central strand wires and the end loops arranged and so shaped as to engage the outer strandwires, and the stays 21 fixed to the strandwires, a number of which stays 21 project at their ends beyond the marginal strand-wires, the remainder of which stays 21 have their end portions wound about the end portions of adjacent auxiliary stays and the body portions of the ordinary stays rigidly to connect the marginal strand-wires and the end portions of the auxiliary stays.

5. A fence comprising a series of strandwire's, a series of stay-wires arranged at right angles on the strand-wires and provided with a series of integral tongues, which tongues are wrapped upon the strand-wires, in combination with a series of auxiliary stays provided with central loops engaging one of the intermediate strand-wires and end loops engaging marginal strand-wires, the extremities of some of the ordinary stay-wires being wrapped upon and connecting the body portions of the ordinary stay-wires and the end portions of the auxiliary stays.

ENOS B. \VILLIX.

\Vitnesses:

.T. G. WHEAT, HARRY B. Enmsox. 

